Chapter 20: I want to be a capitalist and make all the players in the school work for me!

Once this thought arose, it was like a prairie fire, impossible to contain!

Remote warehouse!

These four words made Su Ze's heart skip a beat!

He turned around almost immediately, pushing open the door to Dormitory 404 without hesitation.

Bang.

The door closed behind him with a dull thud.

Inside the Dormitory, the three women were gathered around the two skill books, the atmosphere somewhat delicate.

Jiang Yuwan's usually cool face carried a trace of unnatural flush, clearly still annoyed and embarrassed by Su Ze's mischievous 'arrangement'.

Liu Qiaofei, meanwhile, was hugging the Elementary Massage skill book, her face a mix of gratitude and shyness, looking completely flustered.

Yao Qingya stood to the side, looking from one to the other, her expression complicated.

Su Ze's sudden intrusion broke their train of thought.

The three women looked up in unison, their beautiful eyes filled with a hint of confusion.

Didn't he just leave? Why is he back already?

Su Ze offered no explanation; he didn't have time for that right now.

With a thought, a crisp, jingling sound rang out as one hundred gleaming yellow copper coins materialized on the bed.

He walked straight up to Jiang Yuwan.

'Go pick them up.'

Jiang Yuwan frowned. Though puzzled, she complied, bending down to gather the hundred-plus copper coins one by one into her player backpack.

Just as the last copper coin entered her possession, a cold, mechanical voice exploded in her mind without warning!

[Ding! Detected individual copper coin count has reached 100]

[Survival Mall has been unlocked!]

[trade channel has been unlocked!]

Jiang Yuwan's pupils contracted almost imperceptibly.

She looked at Su Ze, a flash of understanding in her eyes.

So that's it...

Her fingertips touched the cold metal, her emotions in turmoil.

This man really had his own calculations for every single step.

Yao Qingya and Liu Qiaofei were also drawn by the sudden change, looking at Jiang Yuwan with curiosity.

'Sister Jiang, what's wrong?' Liu Qiaofei asked curiously.

Jiang Yuwan didn't answer directly. She just gave Su Ze a deep look, then willed her personal interface to appear.

Sure enough, two brand new icons appeared before her eyes.

Su Ze paid no heed to her astonishment, directly opening his own trade interface and initiating a private trade with her.

A virtual trade window, visible only to the two of them, popped up.

'See if we can trade.'

Su Ze casually picked up a piece of [Stone] from the Dormitory floor and placed it on the window.

[Ding, private trade initiated!]

Jiang Yuwan received a trade notification.

[Private Trade: Trader Su Ze selling Stone*1, you need to pay copper coins*0, confirm trade?]

This wasn't a trade at all; it was a gift!

Jiang Yuwan's mind was reeling, but she was, after all, Jiang Yuwan. She instantly understood Su Ze's intention and immediately clicked 'Confirm'.

A flash of light.

The piece of stone in Su Ze's hand vanished.

And in Jiang Yuwan's virtual interface, a piece of stone materialized out of thin air.

Success!

A gleam of intense light burst from Su Ze's eyes!

The corners of his mouth uncontrollably turned upwards. A plan so bold it was insane took shape instantly in his mind!

Remote warehouse!

These three women were his natural, remote warehouses with independent storage space!

He could completely transfer the looted supplies into their backpacks through 'gifting', solving his urgent backpack space shortage!

They could take the supplies out in the Dormitory, empty their backpacks, and then continue receiving more!

This was a perfect cycle!

'You two, come here as well.'

He repeated the process, giving one hundred copper coins to each of the other two women in turn.

Soon, accompanied by two barely suppressed gasps of surprise, Yao Qingya and Liu Qiaofei also successfully unlocked the mall and the trade channel.

'Survival Mall? There's actually something like this!'

Yao Qingya covered her mouth, her voice trembling.

'I have it too! Senior Su Ze, how... how did you do this?' Liu Qiaofei's big eyes sparkled with little stars of admiration.

'Remember,' Su Ze's voice pulled them back to reality, his expression unprecedentedly serious,

'Not a single word about the mall and trade channel to anyone outside, understand?'

The three women's hearts tightened. Seeing Su Ze's grave expression, they all nodded emphatically.

Having done all this, Su Ze's mind began racing.

In his mind, an even grander, even more insane plan was rapidly taking shape.

The [thorn vine door - Blueprint] required three thousand copper coins.

Relying on himself alone to kill, even if he killed until his hands cramped, it would take several days.

Not to mention the other limited-time, limited-quantity items. Only a child makes choices; he wanted them all!

So, he had a new idea.

His own monster-killing efficiency was low, but what if... all the survivors in the entire school helped him 'work'?

What did he have on hand now?

He had the Strange Language divine skill, allowing him to ignore zombies at night and move freely anywhere.

This meant that all the resource points in the entire Jinghai University were defenseless against him!

And the other survivors?

At night, they were trapped in their dormitories, lacking clothes and food, not even daring to go out.

As long as he looted most of the supplies at night...

Then, what they could scavenge during the day would only be the few scraps he left behind!

In short, he could completely monopolize the entire campus's supplies!

And then...

He could sell these looted food, drinking water, even weapons, to those starving survivors!

What would they use to trade?

copper coins, of course!

He could encourage all survivors to hunt zombies, earn copper coins, and then use those coins to trade with him for the necessities of survival!

As for those who hadn't unlocked the trade channel and couldn't trade?

Too simple!

Offline, face-to-face, hand over the money, hand over the goods!

This way, copper coins would flow continuously into his pocket.

And those survivors, because they spent their copper coins on supplies, would never save up the hundred needed to unlock the mall,

naturally unable to unlock the mall, and even less able to compete with him for those limited-time, limited-quantity precious items!

He, Su Ze, would become the sole 'arms dealer' and 'food supplier' of the entire Jinghai University!

Everyone would become his 'workers' accumulating capital!

He could even restock from the mall after selling supplies to profit from the price difference!

Of course, this plan also had risks.

The monopoly wouldn't last long. Sooner or later, some smart or lucky person would save up a hundred copper coins and discover the existence of the Survival Mall.

Moreover, whether zombies would mutate, gaining higher intelligence, and whether Strange Language would still work were all unknowns.

Therefore,

he had to take advantage of this golden period, loot and sell supplies as much as possible, accumulate copper coins, and convert all advantages into his own strength!

Thinking of this, Su Ze felt as if his blood was on fire.

He glanced at his backpack, which had been packed full before. After his recent maneuvers, it was now mostly empty.

It was time to begin the real 'Night of Harvest'!

The teaching building and library had already been looted by him.

But other locations remained untouched!

The cafeteria, gymnasium, sports field, Laboratory Building, administration building, complex building, supermarket... he hadn't been to any of them!

'I'm going out. You all take the items out of your backpacks and wait for my trades at any time.'

After retrieving the coins, Su Ze tossed out this instruction, picked up his long spear, and turned once more towards the door.

'Senior Su Ze...' Liu Qiaofei looked at him, her big eyes filled with dependence, 'You... where are you going again?'

Su Ze didn't turn around, only the corner of his mouth curled up slightly.

'To stock up on goods.'

With that, he pulled open the heavy wooden door, his figure quickly disappearing into the endless darkness and roars outside.